Pooja ChopraBest known for ‘Commando: A One Man Army’, he became deeply emotional during his appearance on the TV show. He opened up about his mother’s unwavering support throughout his life and expressed sincere gratitude to his mother for bringing him into the world. The actress had earlier shared the painful truth: her father forced her mother to have an abortion when she was just 20 days old, solely because she was a girl.
Pooja Chopra says her mother stood up when no one else would
Pooja Chopra couldn’t contain her emotions on what her mother meant to her in ‘Tum Ho Na’. “Mami ke liye to jitna bolu utna kam hi hoga na special mere liye,” (No words will be enough to describe what mother means to me – especially to me.) she said. He went on to talk about how his mother brought everyone in the room to tears when no one else would. “Meri mami ne to oo zimmedari nivayi jo kisi aur ne na nivayi, aur utne payar aur utne himmat se” (My mother shouldered a responsibility that no one else did – and she did it with so much love and courage. ), he added.Pooja also spoke warmly about how her mother never once considered her less than a son and always pushed her to believe in herself. “Mami ne mujhe kavi ye nahi mehsus hon diya ki men koi lodke se kaam hun. Aur hamesha se ye biswas dilaya ki men jo banna chahti hun ban shakti hun” (Mother never made me think I was less than a boy, and she always said I could be whatever I wanted to be).
Pooja Chopra calls her mother the biggest superstar
Although the world sees Pooja Chopra as a former beauty pageant contestant and a successful actress, she credits her every success to her mother. Host Rajeev echoed the same sentiment, telling her that she is who she is today because of her mother. Overcome with emotion, Pooja replied, “Aaj ami jo hoon hi nahi Rajiv, aaj mein zinda hoon…” (I’m not what I used to be, Rajiv; today, I’m truly alive…) She then turned to both the audience and Rajiv and asked who could be a bigger superstar than her mother.
Pooja Chopra’s mother defied all odds to raise her daughters alone
Reportedly, Pooja Chopra has come out in the open about her father leaving the family as he could not accept a daughter and desperately wanted a son. She also revealed that her mother was under a lot of pressure to abort her when it was known that she was expecting a girl. His mother, however, refused to give up and decided to take the child despite everything. He also took the difficult decision to walk away from the marriage and took upon himself the responsibility of raising Pooja and her elder sister alone.
